This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Participation in clinical trials is critical to progress in medicine ...

Sexting – the creating and exchanging of sexual texts, photos and videos – has become part of many people’s sexual and ...

Consent forms that people sign before participating in research are widely considered difficult to understand and sometimes inaccurate. Lack of clarity was implicated in a high-profile legal ...

Version R04 of the Consent Template is now available in the Click Library under the “Templates” tab. Beginning July 1, 2022, the UB IRB will require all new study submissions in Click to use the ...

Informed consent, which is ethically essential in most clinical research, respects persons’ rights to decide whether participation in the research is compatible with their interests, including ...

Informed consent is a widely accepted legal, ethical, and regulatory requirement for most research and health care transactions. Nonetheless, the practice of informed consent varies by context ...

The University IRB applies all Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) requirements for informed consent to greater than minimal risk research: DHHS general requirements (at 45 CFR 46.116) (see ...

Fully informed consent is not ethically required for some types of health research, leading bioethics experts contend in an article published in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine ...

Informed consent (IC) is a fundamental aspect of ethical clinical research, safeguarding the rights and well-being of participants. It empowers participants with comprehensive information about the ...